The eighth year of the opening of the Tang Dynasty is also the fourth year of Dongying's pension * at the beginning of September.

Higashieihei Jokyo * Ouchiri *, the right minister Fujiwara clan, and at the same time the head of the Fujiwara clan, Fujiwara is not equal to the inner house.

The heavy gauze covered the man on the bed, who was thickly surrounded by brocade and silk, and the dull breath seemed to be the wind blowing into the dilapidated grass house in winter.

"My lord, the decoction given by His Majesty is ready, please use the medicine." A gentle and sweet voice pierced through the thick woven curtains and reached the ears of the old man on the bed.

The old man gasped heavily, slowly opened his eyes, rolled his eyes a little blankly, and then blinked, and with the few tears left, moistened his eyes, which were so dry that they were almost worn by his own eyelids, he tried to open his mouth: "Come in......"

The woman in purple answered yes, raised her knees and walked to the small table in front of the couch, first placed the peony lacquer plate steadily, and then exposed a few slender and white fingers from the wide wide sleeves, carefully moved the brass incense burner on the top of the three-legged beaded play on the incense table a little farther away, and then waved her sleeves lightly, fanning away a few traces of purple smoke left behind, and then whispered: "My lord, the little maid is the medicine, I have disturbed the adult." ”

After getting the old man's response, she knelt up straight, stretched out her wrist, held it lightly with her bare hands, and slowly rolled up the heavily woven gold and silver yarn made of purple and white two-color twisted rhombus yarn, and tied it with a tassel jade belt, revealing a face that although she was old, she could still vaguely see the old style.

The woman was slightly surprised when she first saw the old man's face—after all, all the old men she had seen were all withered, wrinkled, and lifeless like dried wooden blocks. And this one......

If it weren't for the fact that his breath was disordered, and even if he had more income than income, no one would doubt that he had ten years to live.

Thinking about it like this, the movements of the woman's hands did not stop, and she still fed him the medicine very softly and gently, without slacking off at all.

Xu is the will to survive, it is extremely strong, a bowl of decoction, but in an instant, it was swallowed spoonful by spoon into the old man's belly. Seeing this, the woman also breathed a sigh of relief, put down the medicine bowl, took out a towel and wiped the remaining medicinal juice from the corner of his lips for him......

Suddenly, a withered but still white hand, with no trace of old spots, stretched out from its oblique side, and gently but very firmly grasped her jade-like wrist.

The woman who was concentrating on wiping the corners of his lips was startled, and when she raised her eyes, she was facing a pair of eyes that were still clear. His heart moved, his face was hot, and he couldn't help but hang his face: "My lord...... The little girl was shocked by the adults......"

"You ......are dressed in purple," the old man struggled to spit out a few words.

“…… Be. The little girl is the lady of the palace, and because she has received the favor of Lord Tachibana, she is now allowed to serve the lord in return. ”

As soon as the soft voice that seemed to be broken at the pinch fell, the old man breathed a long sigh of relief and whispered: "Is it her...... Is...... After so many years, she still knows Yu Mo best......"

Exhaling, he looked at the top of the hall with warm eyes, and then said softly: "Your name ......"

"Kiyoko...... Abe's ...... Kiyoko. ”

The woman meekly lowered her long eyelashes and let him hold her hand.

"Kiyoko...... It's a good name, but it's too bland...... You should have a better name for your looks......"

The old man gasped again, stretched out his other hand with difficulty, patted her smooth and creamy soft wattle, and then thought for a moment and said, "Purple clothes...... It's called Purple Clothes...... How is it? ”

"The little girl is terrified, how noble the name of the purple clothes is, the little girl ......"

Kiyoko Abe responded in a panic, but was stopped by the old man's coughing laughter: "What's not to do?" You were originally a noble relative from the Abe family*...... Your mother, the descendant of the Asuka Imperial Maiden*? ”

Qingzi's face turned slightly pale, and the tears that had accumulated in a panic poured down, and I saw pity: "My lord......"

"It's okay...... the old man's eyes darkened slightly: "It's okay...... You're in the rest of the world, and no one will dare touch you...... Anyway...... Don't be afraid...... Anyway...... No one dares to touch your ......"

The gaze became more and more blurred, more and more blurred, and the black hair and red lips in front of him, and the purple skin and purple clothes, seemed to gradually change into the figure of another person......

A figure that has appeared in his dreams countless times in this life.

Datang celebrates the fourth winter.

The second time, the eight-year-old Zhongchen was riding a pony, followed by Su Lianzi, who was called Wu Luozi, standing in front of the gate of Jiucheng Palace, but this time it was not as good as last time, whether it was him or Su I Lianzi, they did not have that calm and indifferent demeanor, and what was replaced by a thick cloud of sadness between their eyebrows.

"Your Excellency, do you really want to see the queen mother?"

Su Lianzi looked at the vermilion gate and asked the little boy in front of him softly.

"Yu Zi doesn't like to go, but if he doesn't go, what can he do...... After all, this is Tang Tu, after all, she is the incomparably noble Empress of the Tang Kingdom...... It's not a character that Yu can disobey. Shaking his head, his eyebrows were full of gloom and gloom: "What's more, ......"

He looked up at the door that finally opened slowly: "Yu still wants to take a look, use his own eyes, to confirm the news from those people." ”

Su Wu Lianzi sighed: "Your Excellency, with all due respect, Wu Luo said bluntly, such a moment is not a good time for a battle of wills. ”

"Nevertheless......" was almost no match for the loyal minister, who spoke at the same time as the minister's last note, raised his voice slightly, and after saying this, he paused again and said softly:

Despite this, Yu still wanted to see if the queen really didn't care about what Yu did in her Tang Jingzhong. Or is it really as they said, all her previous attitudes about Yu were just to use what Yu was doing to create a situation and arrange her to be in the Shangguan Mansion to recall the old servant in the Shangguan Mansion to the palace and protect her...... I want to see with my own eyes whether the truth is indeed as everyone said......"

After a pause, a firm and almost tough expression appeared on the young man's soft little face: "Yu wants to see it with his own eyes." ”

Su I Lianzi was silent, and only after a while did he whisper: "But Your Excellency's status is noble, you must not forget ......"

"Forget what?" The lieutenant asked softly without waiting or replying: "Have you forgotten those rumors?" If it's a rumor, what is there to remember? ”

"Your Highness......"

Seeing his attitude, Su Lianzi was in a hurry, and even shouted out two words that should not appear. In the next moment, he was immediately shocked by the great mistake he had made, his expression froze, and his whole body was cold.

But what he didn't expect was that this little boy just rode his horse calmly, and did not blame him.

After a moment's hesitation, he followed, ignoring the cold sweat on his forehead, and said softly: "Please forgive your Excellency." ”

"I haven't heard anything about what you said. Just ......"

Stopping in front of the last inner door, the Zhongchen didn't let out a sigh of equal length, and didn't reply with his head: "If there is such a thing in the future, I'm afraid that Yu can't be regarded as not being able to hear it." ”

After speaking, he dismounted and stopped, and after straightening his clothes, he bowed to the front and announced the edict of the queen who had been ordered to come.